"Giving credence to Jack Cashill’s maybe-Ayers-wrote-Obama’s-book theory is a bit much. This is even more outlandish than his stuff alleging a possible connection between Enron and Ron Brown’s death. Even if Obama’s book was ghost-written — and I’ve seen no evidence that it was — fingering Ayers as the potential author is nutter-territory stuff," – Jonathan Adler, NRO.
The "nutter" in question is NRO’s Andy McCarthy.
"Stocks are now, we believe, in the midst of a one-time-only rise to much higher ground—to the neighborhood of 36,000 for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. After they complete this historic ascent, owning them will still be profitable but the returns will decline. You won’t be able to make as much money from them each year. We believe that in the meantime, however, astounding profits will be made," – James Glassman and Kevin Hassett, The Atlantic, September 1999.
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"Oh, my–where to begin? A first-class temperament does not consort with terrorists or lie about his affiliation with the same. A first-class temperament does not invoke the race card when presented with legitimate criticism. A first-class temperament does not seek to shed his Leftist skin for political expediency. To conclude otherwise is confuse calm with deceit." Jennifer Rubin, reacting to Christopher Buckley’s endorsement of Obama.
"Here’s a newsbreak: Disagreeing with the Bush administration on a handful of issues (often the wrong ones, in McCain’s case) doesn’t make you a maverick, it makes you an average American. And, sadly, the second debate proved that McCain would be incapable of making his party’s philosophical or political case even if he genuinely tried," – David Harsanyi, Denver Post.
"Let us make it obligatory for homosexuals to have their backsides tattooed with the slogan SODOMY CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH and their chins with FELLATIO KILLS," – Rev Dr Peter Mullen, Anglican rector of St Michael’s Cornhill and St Sepulchre without Newgate in the City of London.
Torture supporter and Republican fanatic, Andy McCarthy:
You guys are nuts … With due respect, I think tonight was a disaster for our side. I’m dumbfounded that no one else seems to think so. Obama did everything he needed to do, McCain did nothing he needed to do. What am I missing?
Dumbfounded that NRO’s staff are echoing "little starburst" fantasies to one another and unable to see reality? Dumbfounded? Now?
"Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. famously said of Franklin Roosevelt that he had a "second-class intellect, but a first-class temperament." Obama has shown that he is a man of limited experience, questionable convictions, deeply troubling associations (Jeremiah Wright, William Ayers, Tony Rezko) and an alarming lack of self-definition — do you really know who he is and what he believes? Nonetheless, he’s got both a first-class intellect and a first-class temperament. That will likely be enough to make him president," – Charles Krauthammer today.
I should just add that I have a pretty good idea of what Obama believes and who he is. Very few candidates in American history have been as candid about both as Obama. I don’t agree with all of it, but I see the sense of much of it.
Even I see the pragmatism of raising taxes on the successful to Clinton era levels just to keep the government minimally solvent. And if you don’t see the urgency for change from the insane Republicanism of the last eight years, then I’m at a loss to know what to say. In the end, it’s that simple. You cannot know for sure with any future president, but in these times, the first class temperament and first class intellect and astonishing oratory and obvious decency are enough for me.
My judgment now is what it was sixteen months ago, and a year ago. We need Obama now. And we are immensely lucky to have him.
(Photo: Jeff Haynes/AFP/Getty.)
"The carnage from the Destructocrats’ inability to lead past their hard left base paralyzed the country yesterday and is a glimpse of the future if Obama hangs on to his narrow lead, and the hard left trio of Obama-Pelosi-Reid are running the country. That really means Ayers-Kos-Moore will be running the country, rising up in a vast snarl every time their kept politicians depart from their line. Axelord thinks he is riding that beast, but yesterday showed who is in control," – Hugh Hewitt, Townhall.
Award glossary here. This award is now a little unfair to Malkin whose principled opposition to the bailout is at least sincere.
"…the only thing worse than the vote was the complaining afterwards that Nancy Pelosi’s speech was too partisan. So they voted against the only viable measure to prevent a market meltdown because Nancy was mean to them?!," – Jennifer Rubin, Contentions.
"This Administration deserves to be trusted because it has kept us safe from terrorist attack since 9/11, has fought and won two wars, has presided over eight years of economic growth, has appointed two stellar justices to the Supreme Court, and has even learned how to do Louisiana’s job of protecting that state from hurricanes. The day will come, and not before long, when Americans will wish that George Bush was still president," – Steven Calabresi, professor of law at the Northwestern University Law School.
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